Connecticut was the first US State to go down the Stewardship path, but its plans to extend coverage have met with resistance
A new bill would require all tyre shops to join a statewide recycling program. But on tyre retailers told lawmakers that they aren’t the problem – and they warned that the requirement could cost customers more.
This is the same old argument that retailers are never the problem. Regardless of where the stewardship membership lies, the consumer will pay. So saying that retailer membership of a scheme would cost the consumer, is a bit of a null argument.
Connecticut lawmakers want to clean up the problem, but they’re divided about how to do it.
A new bill would require all tyre stores to join a statewide tyre stewardship program. Currently, only manufacturers, like Goodyear and Pirelli, are required to participate.
“The system doesn’t work,” Jennifer Heaton-Jones with the Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority told lawmakers.
Once changes are negotiated, the General Assembly’s Environment Committee is expected to vote on the proposal by March 31. It would then go on to the full Connecticut House of Representatives, which will likely make even more changes before a possible vote.
